Changing tracks at Whittington Heath

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the Green Room Golf Course Podcast. 

 

This week we’re taking a look at one of the largest redevelopments of a golf course taking place anywhere in the country.

 

The members at Whittington Heath could have been upset when it was announced that the HS2 railway would run directly through the centre of their golf course and Victorian clubhouse. 

 

Instead, they embraced the opportunity presented by the redevelopment and enlisted course architect Jonathan Gaunt to set about designing their new golf course. John Greasley has been brought in as constructors and Rain Bird is installing the irrigation.

 

The club also hired Mark Fry, the former deputy head greenkeeper at Worplesdon in Surrey. Mark, 44, is tasked with maintaining the existing course during the disruption and growing in the new holes that have been constructed. Mark succeeded longstanding Whittington Heath greenkeeper Trevor Morris in June 2019. 

 

I stopped by for a conversation with Jonathan and Mark to find out more about what’s taking place. I hope you enjoy the show.

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